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i love paintings with monsters. I especially love walking around a museum and suddenly my sight is blessed by a gorgeous gorgon. An artist makes a lot of choices when depicting a monster. I find it interesting to gaze and ponder upon them.
This post is dedicated to Cetus in "Perseus frees Andromeda" by Piero di Cosimo.
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i have a lot of posters on my walls, one of them is this painting. i learned about it in my a european history class i took in high school and have been obsessed since. i like to get lost in it. there are so many tiny details that are so fun to look at and wonder how he came up with it.
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This was a truly horrid thought I had the other day when I was walking over the river while marveling at the water, the city lights, cars, and people. Scrolling and walking do have similarities and realizing this was valuable to me. Scrolling simulates visual stimuli moving across our field of vision as we navigate a digital landscape.
Taking a walk outside, making dinner, talking to a friend in person, or even just wandering around my apartment have all worked to minimize scrolling urges for me. They all also tend to involve the movement of my visual field with constant new stimuli.
Its also important to note that none of these tasks require intensive demands to focus attention. If I want to doom scroll I probably want to relax my brain from concentrated attention while engaging in a repetitive task. Just walking around my apartment is better than scrolling and often more realistic than reading. Finding ways to relax and procrastinate without using screens may seem counter-intuitive but I think it gives me more freedom. Plus I have never regretted going on a walk.
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i went on a walk from the gloucester train station through downtown past rocky neck and all the way to the eastern point. it is a great summers day activity
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okay yes maybe its short because its a childrens book, but that doesn't detract from it being a classic of postmodern literature
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